Incident Name: a fire near Mollalla, Oregon
Date: 9/26/1949
Personnel: James B Zachary
Age: 41
Agency/Organization: unknown logging company probably on an agreement with Oregon Department of Forestry
Position: logging camp boss, firefighter

Summary: James Zachary, a logging camp boss, was killed on August 26, 1949 when a tractor rolled over him as he was fighting a fire near Molalla, Oregon.

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Near Molalla, Clackamas, Oregon; pin in the town; Accident location unknown

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James Zachary named by the news media

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